
(Signed) Why Didn't Stalin Murder All The Jews By Alexander Rashin ~ Paperback
ISBN-10 : 0914481797ISBN-13 : 978-0914481799It is probably a most comprehensive analysis of all the information, theories and rumors pertaining to Stalins last campaign which could have led to the annihilation of the Soviet Jewry. The campaign came to a screeching halt with Stalins mysterious collapse into a coma on March 1, 1953. The account is compact, easily readable and offers the first rational explanation of the events.The book starts with the author and his terminally ill wife, a Jewish activist, unexpectedly stumbling upon the fact that Stalin collapsed exactly on the Jewish festival of Purim. They also find that according to an 800 year old rabbinical tradition, such an event should be retold and commemorated every year. They wrote a short story in 1996, a megillah, which was since used in Purim celebration in over 100 synagogues, and is reproduced in the book. This imparts on the event a religious meaning.However, it compelled the author, a scientist, to look also fo